Rev. Dr. David Van Bik

L.Th., B.Th., M.A., D.D.

28 July 1926, Tlangpi, Thantlang ah Pu Chawn Tur le Pi Renh Òial nih an hrin. Chuahpi unau pathum lakah upa bik a si. A ngakchiat lio ah mi ralchia le mi thapthar lo ngai a si. Tlangpi ah Laica tangli a dih i Falam High School ah tangruk tiang a kai. Japan ral ruangah sianginn an khar caah ral a dih tiang Mirang cozah kuttang ah cazi a òuan.
1949 kum Cherrypoonjee, India ah kum thum chung Diploma in Theology course a kai. 1949 March ah Serampur Matriculation a awng. 1955 ah Burma Divinity School, Insein (MIT) in B.Th. a dih. Laimi lakah B.Th. a hmu hmasa bik a si. 1956 kum ah Pi Zo Kai he an i um i fapa pali le fanu pakhat an ngei. 1957 kum April ah Bual Khua i Pu Cong Kham Golden Jubilee ah ZBC nih Ordination an pek. 1959 ah Brekeley Baptist Divinity School, California in M.A. a dih. 1985 ah Print Media Training cu Oxford University ah thlaruk chung a kai. 1989 New Haven, U.S. ah mission rianòuannak kong thlariat chung a cawng. 1994 ah American Baptist Seminary of the West nih Doctor of Divinity an pek. Hakha Baibal Sianginn ah kum ruk le Falam Baibal Sianginn ah kum li saya a òuan.
1963 April, Hakha ah a òhial i Lai Baibal cu Rev. Johnson he leh hram an thawk. Rev. Johnson te cu Kawlram in chuah ding a si cang caah 1966 June, Laitlang i an chuah hlan ah Genesis in Psalm tiang le Isaiah hi an lim. Siangbawite an kal hnu cun amah nih a leh i 1976 ah a lim. 1978 ah cauk in a chuak kho. Calei rianòuannak in kan holh le kan ca a nun khawh nakhnga ti saduhthat in cauk 30 leng a kan leh/òial piak. 1979-86 kum Hakha Council of Churches ah chung a òuan pah in ca a òial pah lengmang. 1986 ah English-Chin dictionary a chuah.
1987 ah HBA nih dawtnak in pension an pek nain kan Laimi nih kan bochanmi le kan hngatchanmi a si bantuk in 1990-96 CCC Principal a òuan i 1997 kum ah pension an pek. CACC le UBS hnatlaknak in 1996-98 kum ah Lai Baibal remhòhannak le tharchuahnak an ngei i 1999 ah Lai Baibal tharchuahmi cu an chuah khawh. Chin-English Dictionary cu tlamtlingte le òha deuh in tuah a timh caah bawmh hal duh le tule fa tlawn pah ah 1999 July ah a nupi he America ah an kal. Dictionary a tuah liopi ah hnar khensar in a zaw i sizung a phan. Sibawite nih an thlop i a hun dam deuh in a rian cu a vun pehzulh òhan i, a lim ta manh.
2000 August 19, zinglei 9:05 am ah Exederick Memorial Hospital, Marry Land ah a nunank thaw a dih.
A khawmtu: Van Lian Hup & Sang Za Thang